billyjoebob
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I've been slowly working on installing a sandpoint well for agricultural purposes (i.e. working center point of a flower garden).
I dug a 4' hole with a post digger, and kept it filled with water for a week (to loosen the ground). I'm on long island, so right at about 4' you are into the sandy soil, with water at about 13'
Yesterday, the wellpoint plus 5' of 1.25" pipe went in with no problem...just a lot of hammering.
Today, I coupled another 5' section and drove that in about 4'. I dropped a weighted line, and hit water about 1 foot from the bottom (higher than I thought). I attached the pitcher pump to see if I could start pulling water up, but no good. Disconnected the pitcher and now notice quite a bit of play in the pipe. Lo and behold, the section under the top 5' broke just under the coupling.
The broken section is right above the bottom of my hole (I can barely reach it). There are a few threads left, but I'm having a hard time reattaching a coupling to it. What I'd like to do is back the pipe up, replace the broken section, and drop it in before the hole collapses.
Does anyone have any experience/ideas on attaching a coupling to broken threads?
I dug a 4' hole with a post digger, and kept it filled with water for a week (to loosen the ground). I'm on long island, so right at about 4' you are into the sandy soil, with water at about 13'
Yesterday, the wellpoint plus 5' of 1.25" pipe went in with no problem...just a lot of hammering.
Today, I coupled another 5' section and drove that in about 4'. I dropped a weighted line, and hit water about 1 foot from the bottom (higher than I thought). I attached the pitcher pump to see if I could start pulling water up, but no good. Disconnected the pitcher and now notice quite a bit of play in the pipe. Lo and behold, the section under the top 5' broke just under the coupling.
The broken section is right above the bottom of my hole (I can barely reach it). There are a few threads left, but I'm having a hard time reattaching a coupling to it. What I'd like to do is back the pipe up, replace the broken section, and drop it in before the hole collapses.
Does anyone have any experience/ideas on attaching a coupling to broken threads?
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